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Posts tagged as RPAS regulations

UAV airshow highlights emerging technology

    Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), drones and remotely piloted aircraft  systems (RPAS) are a groundbreaking technology in the surveying and geospatial sector. To assist in educating their respective members, South Africa’s professional geospatial bodies, the South African Geomatics Institute (SAGI),  the Institute of Mine Surveyors of Southern Africa (IMSSA), and the Geo-Information Society of South […]

Imminent legalisation of commercial “drone” use boosts UAV airshow

    Even more excitement is being generated by the Geomatics Indaba – UAV Airshow 2015 following the recent announcement by the director of civil aviation, Poppy Khoza, that the minister of transport has signed the South African Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Regulations and that they will be officially published and implementable on 1 […]

Minister signs off on drone regulations

  South Africa’s drone regulations will be officially published and implementable on 1 July 2015. This was announced on 17 May 2015 by the director of civil aviation, Poppy Khoza, who revealed that the minister of transport has signed the RPAS regulations. The news follows months of amendments, refining and incorporating of requests from various […]

UAVs as a geospatial tool

  Swift UAS Geospatial held a UAV workshop at the Innovation Hub in Pretoria on 30 April 2015. The aim of the workshop was to explain the new SACAA RPAS/UAV regulations which were meant to be put into place at the beginning of April this year. Although Swift was unable to demonstrate their systems in […]